How wars end
Subtitle: why we always fight the last battle : a history of American intervention from World War I to Afghanistan
By: Gideon Rose
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
ISBN-13: 9781416590538; 9781416593829
Subjects: Military planning; Militaire interventie; Conflictmanagement; Military History; Disengagement (Military science); Militarhistoria; Military policy; War; Politics and war; Termination; Oorlogen; Konfliktforschung; Krieg; Politieke besluitvorming; Politieke aspecten
Description: Rose argues that the failure of the United States to create successful peace settlements when ending the major wars of the twentieth century has only led to subsequent conflicts and new wars which attempt to resolve the issues of the previous war.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-394) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Clausewitzian challenge; title: World War I; title: World War II; title: Europe; title: World War II; title: Pacific; title: The Korean War; title: The Vietnam War; title: The Gulf War; title: The Iraq War; title: To Afghanistan and beyond.